2017 Central American Games Tournament details Host country
Nicaragua City
Managua Dates
3 December 2017 (2017-12-03 ) – 17 December 2017 (2017-12-17 ) Teams
6 (men's) + 4 (women's) (from 1 sub-confederation) Final positions Champions
Honduras (men's) Costa Rica (women's)
The football tournament at the 2017 Central American Games is scheduled to take place in December 2017.
The tournament will act as a qualifying tournament for the Central American nations for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games . Three teams will qualify from the men's tournament, two teams will qualify from the women's tournament.[1]
The men's tournament will be restricted to those born after 1 January 1997 and the women's tournament will have no age restrictions.[2] [3]
Men's tournament
Group stage
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[5]
Greater number of goals between teams
Number of goals scored in group
Goal difference in group
Number of goals scored across all groups
Drawing of lots
Group A
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Costa Rica
2
1
1
0
1
0
+1
4
Semi-finals
2
El Salvador
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
Panama
2
0
1
1
0
1
− 1
1
5 December 2017 (2017-12-05 ) 16:00
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
7 December 2017 (2017-12-07 ) 16:00
Referee: Raul Castro Zuniga (Honduras)
9 December 2017 (2017-12-09 ) 16:00
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Honduras
2
1
1
0
5
0
+5
4
Semi-finals
2
Nicaragua
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
3
Belize
2
0
1
1
1
6
− 5
1
5 December 2017 (2017-12-05 ) 19:00
Referee: Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)
7 December 2017 (2017-12-07 ) 19:00
Referee: Ameth Ariel Sanchez (Panama)
9 December 2017 (2017-12-09 ) 19:00
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
Knockout stage
Semifinals Final
11 December 2017
Costa Rica1
13 December 2017
Nicaragua0
Costa Rica0
11 December 2017
Honduras1
Honduras1 (2)
El Salvador 1 (1)
Semi-finals
11 December 2017 (2017-12-11 ) 16:00
Referee: Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)
11 December 2017 (2017-12-11 ) 19:00
Costa Rica 1–0 Nicaragua
Report
Referee: Ameth Ariel Sánchez (Panama)
Third-place playoff
13 December 2017 (2017-12-13 ) 16:00
Referee: Raul Castro Zuniga (Honduras)
Final
13 December 2017 (2017-12-13 ) 19:00
Costa Rica 0–1 Honduras
Report
Referee: Jaime Herrera (El Salvador)
Women's tournament
Group stage
First match(es) will be played on 6 December 2017. Source: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
6 December 2017 (2017-12-06 ) 16:00
6 December 2017 (2017-12-06 ) 19:00
8 December 2017 (2017-12-08 ) 16:00
8 December 2017 (2017-12-08 ) 19:00
10 December 2017 (2017-12-10 ) 16:00
10 December 2017 (2017-12-10 ) 19:00
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
12 December 2017 (2017-12-12 ) 16:00
12 December 2017 (2017-12-12 ) 19:00
Third-place playoff
14 December 2017 (2017-12-14 ) 16:00
Final
14 December 2017 (2017-12-14 ) 19:00
External links
Editions Squads
The 2006 and 2010 editions were canceled.